The focus of the Department for Internal Medicine II (nephrology, rheumatology, diabetology and general visceral medicine) at the University Hospital Cologne in Germany, under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Benzing is the treatment of kidney diseases, rheumatic systemic diseases and hypertension. Moreover, in close cooperation with the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine, the Department provides health care to the patients with diabetes and endocrine diseases.

In order to ensure a comprehensive treatment, the team of experts under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Benzing provides the entire spectrum of modern diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in rheumatology, nephrology and transplantation medicine, including all dialysis and apheresis. The motivated team of doctors and medical personnel offers an individually planned program to every patient. This program comprises all aspects of Your treatment and corresponds to the most advanced achievements in the field of medicine.

As for dialysis treatment, the Department of Internal Medicine II under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Benzing carries out all kinds of kidney transplants in the University Hospital Cologne and provides dialysis and plasma exchange to thousands of patients every year. Your treatment is provided in accordance with the current recommendations and with the use of anticoagulant opportunities (heparin, fragmin, argatroban and citrate) in both intensive care and on the outpatient basis. Due to a close cooperation with a home dialysis curator and Quality in Nephrology (“QiN”) organization, the transplantation type and your dialysis program are constantly adjusted and optimized in accordance with the latest recommendations and current technology.

The combination of a patient-centered, holistic health care with emphasis on nephrology and general internal medicine as well as the internationally renowned research activity brings the Department of Internal Medicine II a leading position among the nephrology hospitals in Germany. In close cooperation with the colleagues form private practices in Cologne and beyond its borders, the multidisciplinary team of the Department of Internal Medicine II makes every effort to improve the opportunities of prevention and treatment all the time.